Monday, November 9th, 2009
November 9, 2009 by Amanda
Filed under Morning Show
Letter to Santa
Macy’s is making wishes come true for kids of all ages and charities this Christmas season.
The department-store chain is asking children to put letters to Santa in “R.H. Macy Santa Mail” boxes that can be found at Macy’s stores.
Starting Sunday, Macy’s will donate $1 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation for each letter received.
Officials hope to raise $1 million for the non-profit group, which grants wishes to ill children.
Macy’s 2008 holiday campaign centers on 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon, who wrote to the New York Sun in 1897 to ask if Santa Claus was real.
The company’s “Believe” campaign features letter-writing stations and mailboxes for Santa in all of its stores.
“‘Believe’ is the articulation of everything we treasure about the holiday season,” Peter Sachse, national president of Macy’s corporate marketing, said in a statement.
Kids can also get started on their letters by going to www.macys.com/believe and downloading a kit that includes official Santa letterhead and other components to help them compose letters.
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Forgiveness
We’re all struggling right now with a way to handle our broken hearts from those that lost their lives in the Ft. Hood shooting. We were inspired by a story over the weekend about an Army Chaplain and what he said at weekend services.
FORT HOOD —Mourners were asked to pray for the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood and his family, and an Army chaplain exhorted his congregation on Sunday to draw together even if the gunman’s motives may never be fully known.
“Lord, all those around us search for motive, search for meaning, search for something, someone to blame. That is so frustrating,” Col. Frank Jackson told a group of about 120 people gathered at the post’s chapel. “Today, we pause to hear from you. So Lord, as we pray together, we focus on things we know.”
Jackson asked worshippers to pray for the 13 dead and 29 wounded that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is accused of shooting, but also asked them to pray for Hasan and his family “as they find themselves in a position that no person ever desires to be.”
“And Lord, teach us to love and pray for those who rise up against us and pray for those who do us harm. We pray for Maj. Hasan.
Tell us about a time you had to forgive or needed forgiveness?
Flu Shot
If you know someone who’s pregnant and wants to get the h1n1 vaccine, Montgomery county is doing another clinic this Thursday but its by appointment only…the county in cooperation with Shady Grove Adventist and Washington Adventist Hospitals, will offer the clinic this Thursday, but appointments will only be taken today between 3 and 4 p.m. People should call 240-777-4040 to make the appointments. Only 300 doses will be distributed at the clinic.
